Anagrams of antienergistic
Word antienergistic has
1688 anagrams
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- certainties
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noun,
the state of being certain.
- interesting
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- incinerates
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- interstice
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noun,
an intervening space.
- incinerate
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- tangencies
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noun,
the state of being tangent.
- creatinine
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noun,
a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C 4 H 7 N 3 O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood.
- tangerines
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- intrigants
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- integrates
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verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- increasing
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- itinerants
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- argentines
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- scattering
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noun,
a small, scattered number or quantity.
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- inartistic
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adjective,
lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- astringent
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a substance that contracts the tissues or canals of the body, thereby diminishing discharges, as of mucus or blood.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- tenacities
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noun,
the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- stringent
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adjective,
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- gentisate
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noun,
a salt or ester of gentisic acid.
- gentrices
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noun,
gentility; high birth.
- retinitis
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noun,
inflammation of the retina.
- tiger-cat
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noun,
any of several felines, as the ocelot or margay, that resemble the tiger in coloration or ferocity but are smaller.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- arginines
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noun,
an essential amino acid, C 6 H 14 N 4 O 2 : the free amino acid increases insulin secretion and is converted to urea in the liver by arginase. Symbol: R. Abbreviation: Arg;
- aigrettes
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noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- argentite
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noun,
a dark lead-gray sectile mineral, silver sulfide, Ag 2 S, occurring in crystals and as formless aggregates: an important ore of silver.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- trainings
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- granitite
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noun,
a granite rich in biotite.
- cigarette
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noun,
a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
- ginneries
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noun,
a mill for ginning cotton.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- intrigant
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- ingestant
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noun,
something that is ingested, especially a substance that may be associated with an allergic reaction.
- centering
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noun,
a temporary framework for supporting a masonry arch during construction until it is able to stand by itself.
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- itinerant
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noun,
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- strategic
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adjective,
pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy:
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- ignescent
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noun,
an ignescent substance.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- instigate
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verb (used with object),
to cause by incitement; foment:
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- internat.
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- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Stagirite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Stagira.
- trinities
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noun,
Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
- Gantrisin
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- internist
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noun,
a physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults.
- inanities
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noun,
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- intestine
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noun,
Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- screening
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noun,
the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- nitratine
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noun,
soda niter.
- integrant
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noun,
an integrant part.
- intrinsic
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adjective,
belonging to a thing by its very nature:
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- integrate
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verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- grecians
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noun,
a Greek.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- grannies
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noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- Carnegie
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noun,
Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- Tientsin
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noun,
Older Spelling. Tianjin.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- sinigrin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC 10 H 16 NO 9 S 2 ⋅H 2 O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.
- grisette
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noun,
a young French workingwoman.
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- sentient
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- Negritic
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adjective,
of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- entrants
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noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Gaiseric
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noun,
Genseric.
- gaieties
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noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- nettings
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noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- generics
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noun,
a generic term.
- gitterns
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noun,
cittern.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- tergites
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- genetics
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noun,
Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- cresting
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noun,
Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- gentrice
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noun,
gentility; high birth.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- gentians
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- Genseric
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noun,
a.d. c390–477, king of the Vandals, conqueror in northern Africa and Italy.
- tentages
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noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- argentic
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adjective,
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding argentous compound.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- arginine
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noun,
an essential amino acid, C 6 H 14 N 4 O 2 : the free amino acid increases insulin secretion and is converted to urea in the liver by arginase. Symbol: R. Abbreviation: Arg;
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- aigrette
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noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- aegirite
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noun,
a mineral, mainly sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe⋅(Si 2 O 6), occurring in feldspathoid rocks in slender prismatic crystals.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- insignia
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noun,
a badge or distinguishing mark of office or honor:
- intrants
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noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- initiate
-
noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- training
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- internet
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noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ingrains
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noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- tracings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- artistic
-
adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- renitent
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adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- agencies
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noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- aginners
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- intrans.
-
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- agrestic
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adjective,
rural; rustic.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- tergite
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- tangent
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noun,
Geometry. a line or a plane that touches a curve or a surface at a point so that it is closer to the curve in the vicinity of the point than any other line or plane drawn through the point.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- Craigie
-
noun,
Sir William (Alexander) 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
- gestate
-
verb (used with object),
to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- cinerin
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- intens.
-
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- actings
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- rinsing
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- genetic
-
adjective,
Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- setting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sets.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Gannett
-
noun,
Henry, 1846–1914, U.S. geographer and cartographer.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- tentage
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- genesic
-
adjective,
pertaining to genesis or reproduction; genetic.
- generic
-
noun,
a generic term.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- encages
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- strati-
-
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- stratig
-
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- cringes
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- insigne
-
noun,
singular of insignia.
- Garnett
-
noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- tragics
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- canting
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- iatrics
-
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- igniter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- targets
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Igraine
-
noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- ignites
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Sinitic
-
noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- netting
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- iris-in
-
noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- tracing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that traces.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- ingrain
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Nigeria
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- gittern
-
noun,
cittern.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- gastric
-
adjective,
pertaining to the stomach.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- sitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sits.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- casting
-
noun,
the act or process of a person or thing that casts.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- inter.
-
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- gastr-
-
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Greats
-
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- grani-
-
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- icings
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- genit.
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- instr.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Strega
-
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- gestic
-
adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- recti-
-
- tinct.
-
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- centr-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- tetra-
-
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centi-
-
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- agric.
-
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- acting
-
noun,
the art, profession, or activity of those who perform in stage plays, motion pictures, etc.
- actin-
-
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- tragic
-
noun,
the tragic, the element or quality of tragedy in literature, art, drama, etc.:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- escent
-
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- engin.
-
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- intra-
-
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- scat-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Seric
-
- sanit
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- sarc-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- sect.
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rect.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Recit
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Regt.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- sing.
-
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- istic
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Iran.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- nears
-
- seti-
-
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- intr.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cant.
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- cine-
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treas
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- 30-30
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- acet-
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trig.
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- actg.
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- aeri-
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- angi-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astr.
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- stge.
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Srta.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- ician
-
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- stat.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- IATSE
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- engr.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tears
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- tangs
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gains
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- trit
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- TSgt
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ten.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tRNA
-
- ter.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sat.
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sra.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tri-
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- str.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sec.
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Ste.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- scr.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Tit.
-
- Sig.
-
- stg.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sci.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 1080
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- ette
-
- Can.
-
- ctr.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ign.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- attn
-
- cat.
-
- itis
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- art.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- est.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- etc.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- att.
-
- cts.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ates
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- atic
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Gen.
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- GATT
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Cres
-
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- gres
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cet-
-
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Reg.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- aet.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- aer-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- agr.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ergs
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- RNAS
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- ect-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Eng.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Ens.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- crat
-
- ant.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ann.
-
- agst
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- ANSI
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Arg.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ARIS
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ance
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- AISI
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- NTIA
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- EEC
-
- EEG
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- cte
-
- ean
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ctg
-
- CST
-
- Eg.
-
- CSR
-
- ec-
-
- ECG
-
- CRS
-
- ECA
-
- CRT
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CSA
-
- CTA
-
- cs.
-
- CNS
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- Agt
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AGC
-
- tra
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ag-
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- tr.
-
- CNN
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- CGS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CGI
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TNT
-
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- Tng
-
- eir
-
- TTS
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- NGC
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NNE
-
- nr.
-
- Sgt
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NRC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ing
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- EIS
-
- ISA
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- Sr.
-
- RSE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- sc.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- rt.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- rte
-
- SAR
-
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NSC
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- se-
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ine
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ETS
-
- GCA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- GCI
-
- GCR
-
- GCT
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Ges
-
- Ga.
-
- ETR
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- TCS
-
- en-
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ene
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GCE
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GSR
-
- in.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ier
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
-
- STI
-
- GTS
-
- GTC
-
- gt.
-
- GTT
-
- GSC
-
- GSA
-
- Gr.
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- gre
-
- GN
-
- TC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CE
-
- S.
-
- TG
-
- IG
-
- SA
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SG
-
- t.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SN
-
- TT
-
- TN
-
- ic
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- NG
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- G.
-
- rg
-
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- GC
-